02/03/09 - Mali Thai Cuisine

Our inaugural outing was tonight, with the starting point at the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington. Since it was the dry run, and I were the only ones in attendance. We flipped a coin, and I won, which meant we went to my pick - Mali Thai Cuisine.




The menu

Now, I freely admit that we ordered far more food than normal - we both were possessed of a Great and Powerful Hunger. So, appetizers:



Tom Yum soup with chicken, at 2 stars. This soup is generally a hot and sour broth with lime juice and cilantro. This one was very tasty, with an almost silky texture. This has always been one of my favorite "comfort food" soups, and this particular one was solid, if not fantastic.



Chicken satay with peanut sauce. The chicken was nice and tender, and the peanut sauce was nicely spiced and had a lovely texture. Satay's pretty easy to dry out, so I was pleased.

Now, the entrees!


Massuman curry with chicken, at 2 stars. This curry has potatoes, carrots, onions, peanuts, and coconut milk with massuman curry paste. Again, this is one of my comfort foods. I could have probably gone up another star or so with the heat. It was good, if a little bland.


Garlic chicken with broccoli, at 2 stars. The broccoli in this dish was done perfectly, and the entire dish had a a buttery flavor. Again, I could have gone up a star on this, because I could scarcely taste any heat, but the flavor was wonderful.


Pineapple fried rice with pork, at 1 star. (Yes, I know, three entrees - I told you, we were possessed of a Great and Powerful Hunger.) The pork was a little dry, and the pineapple was really hard to taste. This was definitely my least favorite of the dishes, so it was a good thing that Eric liked it. Heh.

All told, I'd say the inaugural outing of the Seattle Dining group was a success. We will probably be meeting at the same place next month, as several of our friends said that the meeting place was in their neck of the woods. With luck, we'll have more people show up next month.